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Table 4 Knowledge about sign and symptom of TB and its association with socio economic and demographic factors

From: Knowledge of tuberculosis among female sex workers in Rajshahi city, Bangladesh: a cross sectional study

Do you know main sign and symptom of TB?

Variables

No

30(13.3%)

Yes

195 (87.7%)

  
 

N (%)

N (%)

χ2/Fisher exact value

p-value

Age in years

  

0.083

0.773

 ≤ 25

13(12.6)

90(87.4)

  

 ≥ 26

17(13.9)

105(86.1)

  

Educational status

  

2.965

0.227

 Illiterate

06(18.8)

26(81.3)

  

 Primary

17(15.5)

93(84.5)

  

 Secondary and higher

07(8.4)

76(91.6)

  

Marital status

  

2.829

0.043

 Ever married

30(14.4)

178(85.6)

  

 Unmarried

0(0.0)

17(100.0)

  

Type of residence

  

2.640

0.267

 Rural

08(10.3)

70(89.7)

  

 Urban

12(12.4)

85(87.6)

  

 Slum

10(20.0)

40(80.0)

  

Type of family

  

0.005

0.944

 Single

29(13.4)

188(86.6)

  

 Joint

01(12.5)

07(87.5)

  

Type of client

  

0.219

0.896

 Transport workers

04(12.9)

27(87.1)

  

 Small traders

20(14.1)

122(85.9)

  

 Service holder

06(11.5)

46(88.5)

  

Sex trade place

  

0.303

0.859

 Residence

04(15.4)

22(84.6)

  

 Hotel

18(12.4)

127(87.6)

  

 Street

08(14.8)

46(85.2)

  

Monthly income in BDT

  

1.852

0.174

 < 8000

24(15.4)

132(84.6)

  

 ≥ 8000

06(8.7)

63(91.3)